SNRSCH1414 - ARTH 2329 - Italian Architecture 1400-1700

Course Description

Architects of the 14th century were the first to describe themselves as "modern," although they looked back to ancient Rome and cultivated ideas about architecture as a profession,urban planning and conservation. The aim of this course is to provide a basis for the recognition of Italian Renaissance and Baroque buildings and typologies, architects - from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo through Bernini - and elements of architectural language, within a framework of critical visual and historical analysis. Relationships to local architectural heritage in Philadelphia will be encouraged - consider the Palladian window from Independence Hall to your local McMansion - just one of the types of innovation we will explore for its contribution to our own environment.